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Re:Have You Restarted Your Computer This Week? by roli64 on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @10:25AM (#48733159)
No I power it off first and then I start it up again
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Re:Have You Restarted Your Computer This Week? by iamtedd on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @10:37AM (#48733308)
For Windows, this may not be enough: https://m.majorgeeks.com/content/page/the_truth_about_window...
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Re:Have You Restarted Your Computer This Week? by zetanor on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @05:54PM (#48739752)
Indeed, power off and power on sometimes doesn't even reset uptime.
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Re:Have You Restarted Your Computer This Week? by IAmBroom on Tuesday June 30, 2026 @02:32PM (#48737194)
My understanding for Win10 was that Restart was "more complete" than rebooting by a manual power-off/power-on.

Found it: "By default, Windows computers use a "Fast Startup" feature when you click Shut Down." It actually performs a sort of hibernate, saving state data of the system (but not necessarily of all running programs - that's another setting). Restart clears those state registers and begins a new, fresh Windows session.

So, ideally: Perform a Restart, not Shut Down, at the end of your day.

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